And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Baylor Bears
70 – 68
FINAL Conference
Iowa State Cyclones
Big 12 Conference · Foster Pavilion · February 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -3.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money BAY -200 / ISU +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual BAY +2 138 Won
Massey BAY -1.1 (+0.9) — —
Massey Totals — 153.2 (-15.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 62% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -2.5 (-0.5) 150.9 (-12.9) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -3.9 (-1.9) 145.6 (-7.6) 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -2.7 (-0.7) 149.6 (-11.6) 62% ✓
Baseline ML BAY -2.1 (-0.1) 148.5 (-10.5) 69% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 7, 2026 ISU 72 – 69 BAY
Jan 8, 2026 ISU 70 – 60 BAY
Jan 4, 2025 ISU 74 – 55 BAY
Mar 16, 2024 ISU 76 – 62 BAY
Mar 9, 2023 ISU 78 – 72 BAY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY ISU
Overall 24-11 29-8
Conference 11-7 13-5
Home 15-2 18-0
Away 4-5 5-5
Neutral 5-4 6-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.9 75.3
Avg Pts Against 71.1 61.5
Massey 16.9 (#11) 19.2 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#26) 2.38 (#19)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.83 (#23) 2.68 (#28)
RPI 0.603 (#28) 0.597 (#33)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY ISU
FG% 48.9% 48.3%
3PT% 41.2% 35.5%
REB / G 35.4 35.5
OREB / G 11.7 11.3
AST / TO 1.38 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.4% 54.0%
TOV% 16.3% 15.8%
ORB% 35.8% 33.1%
FT Rate 28.0% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 26.3%
DRB% 71.5% 73.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 24.3%

Game Analysis

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